One thing that can be pretty evident in after going through most of spring training for the Astros is that we can score some runs... but unfortunately... we give up a bunch as well.
The Astros started off good today scoring 7 runs in the first two innings, but then the pitching (starting with Chacon) slowly gave it away. Chacon went 5 innings today, but gave up 6 runs. Not really what we were looking for from who looks to be our 4th starter. Wright (who had been terrific in his last few outings), earned a blown save by giving up 2 runs in the 9th inning to send the game into extra innings.
Our leadoff man, Michael Bourn went 0-6 today with a strike out lowering his spring average to .258. Jose Cruz continued his good spring with a 2-5 day and his 3rd home run of the season.
| Houston | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Bourn, CF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .258 |
| Loretta, 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Saccomanno, 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Erstad, RF-1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .313 |
| Wigginton, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .218 |
| Moehler, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Borkowski, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Ash, J, PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Blum, SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| Perez, T, SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .349 |
| Cruz, LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .357 |
| Newhan, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .245 |
| Wright, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Gothreaux, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Towles, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| Quintero, H, C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .371 |
| Chacon, P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
| Abercrombie, RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
Next up, the Astros go up against the Tigers at 5:05PM CST tomorrow, sending Chris Sampson to the hill against Justin Verlander. This looks like Sampson's last chance to earn that 5th starters spot.
Astros spring record is 12-14-1